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What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer?
For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers—and now, their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives. Their answer? Eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet—it could save your life.
It may overturn most of the diet advice you’ve heard—but the experts behind Forks Over Knives aren't afraid to make waves. In his book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn explained that eating meat, dairy, and oils injures the lining of our blood vessels, causing heart disease, heart attack, or stroke. In The China Study, Dr. Colin Campbell revealed how cancer and other diseases skyrocket when eating meat and dairy is the norm—and plummet when a traditional plant-based diet persists. And more and more experts are adding their voices to the cause: There is nothing else you can do for your health that can match the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Now, as Forks Over Knives is introducing more people than ever before to the plant-based way to health, this accessible guide provides the information you need to adopt and maintain a plant-based diet. Features include:
Foreword T. Colin Campbell Caldwell B. Esselstyn vii
Part 1 The Plant-Based World of Forks Over Knives 1
Good for Your Health 3
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Pam Popper 8
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Terry Mason, MD 12
The Amazing Results: Anthony and Evelyn 14
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Caldwell B. Esselstyn 18
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: T. Colin Campbell 20
The Amazing Results: San'Dera 24
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Alona Pulde, MD, and Matthew Lederman, MD 28
Good for Animals 30
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Gene Baur 32
Good for the Environment 36
Part 2 Eating the Forks Over Knives Way 41
Reading Nutrition Labels 43
Your Guide to Plant-Based Foods 49
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: John A. McDougall, MD 52
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Neal Barnard, MD 54
Tips for Transitioning 56
Kitchen Tools 58
Part 3 Forks Over Knives Recipes 61
Breakfast 63
Smoothies and Nondairy Milks 67
Appetizers 71
The Amazing Results: Joey 72
Soups 85
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Doug Lisle, MD 86
Salads and Dressings 105
Sauces and Easy Snack Ideas 123
Main Dishes 125
The Faces of Forks Over Knives: Rip Esselstyn 128
Side Dishes 155
Desserts 179
Conversion Charts 197
Appendix 198
To Learn More 198
Bookshelf 199
About the Recipe Contributors 200
Permissions Acknowledgments 203
Acknowledgments 205
Index 207
About the Editor 214
About Forks Over Knives 214
JP--of--MettaMealsDotcom
Posted November 16, 2012
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Easily the best plant-based diet book for beginners.
What an eye-opener into the food scams of the Standard American Diet (SAD), all in the name of making a profit. Research shown in this book proves that people are becoming overweight and unhealthy, because of the way most of us choose to eat. An interesting fact from this book is that, “In the United States, one person is killed by heart disease each minute…”.616,067, that is the number of annual fatalities. That is an astonishing fact!
A great book for those new to a plant-based diet; it describes what actually constitutes a plant-based diet. With the many different means of processing food, it can be confusing for some to decipher what is truly plant-based, and what may have been processed to resemble a plant-based food. This book unveilsthose large food manufacturers and advertisersthat are fooling Americans into thinking that a pill or eating high protein meat and avoiding carbohydrates is the way of true health and permanent weight loss.
As many people become accustomed to the SAD, not much thought may go into how that abundant display of meat, chicken, and fish ended up in the supermarket. What may not be realized is that in 2008, “the total number of animals killed on land and sea was approximately 80 billion, or 270 per American …” As population grows, obviously this number increases. According to this book, animals are pumped with hormones for faster growth and are crammed in unsanitary living quarters, for the sake of the high demand for meat. Legal or not, this is unethical.
The last section of the book has 125 great recipes that are full of flavor and variety. You will be surprised at the different types of meals you can still eat by making some substitutions – even your children will love them! For more enticing meal options and recipes, check outForks Over Knives The Cookbook, now on the New York Times Best Seller list. It is a great companion to this book to further entice your plant-based eating diet.
Absolutely check out the ForksOver Knives documentary, which preceded the actual book. It’s in the same genre and style as Supersize Me – maybe not as funny, but definitely interesting and more inspiring. The basic premise of the movie is about the 500,000 heart bypass surgeries happening every year in the United States alone. At a cost of $150,000 per surgery, it costs the United States 75 billion dollars in one year, and it doesn’t even resolve the problem as patients return for more heart bypass surgeries that eventually end in the death. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. This means the United States is insane for relying on surgery, rather than promptly prescribing people to eat a plant-based diet.
I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to become healthier and never have to “diet” again, while at the same time promoting a safe environment. This book is so great that I have given out over 30 copies of this book and the DVD to friends, family members, and open-minded people. If you are tired of the failed diets, tired of all the medication you are taking, and tired of just being tired, READ THIS BOOK – your life depends on it!
Lovingly,
JP Richards
Founder and CEO of wwwDotMettaMealsDotCom
The Easiest and Healthiest Way to Adopt a Plant-Based Diet
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Posted November 14, 2012
Easily the best plant-based diet book for beginners
What an eye-opener into the food scams of the Standard American Diet (SAD), all in the name of making a profit. Research shown in this book proves that people are becoming overweight and unhealthy, because of the way most of us choose to eat. An interesting fact from this book is that, “In the United States, one person is killed by heart disease each minute…”.616,067, that is the number of annual fatalities. That is an astonishing fact!
A great book for those new to a plant-based diet; it describes what actually constitutes a plant-based diet. With the many different means of processing food, it can be confusing for some to decipher what is truly plant-based, and what may have been processed to resemble a plant-based food. This book unveilsthose large food manufacturers and advertisersthat are fooling Americans into thinking that a pill or eating high protein meat and avoiding carbohydrates is the way of true health and permanent weight loss.
As many people become accustomed to the SAD, not much thought may go into how that abundant display of meat, chicken, and fish ended up in the supermarket. What may not be realized is that in 2008, “the total number of animals killed on land and sea was approximately 80 billion, or 270 per American …” As population grows, obviously this number increases. According to this book, animals are pumped with hormones for faster growth and are crammed in unsanitary living quarters, for the sake of the high demand for meat. Legal or not, this is unethical.
The last section of the book has 125 great recipes that are full of flavor and variety. You will be surprised at the different types of meals you can still eat by making some substitutions – even your children will love them! For more enticing meal options and recipes, check outForks Over Knives The Cookbook, now on the New York Times Best Seller list. It is a great companion to this book to further entice your plant-based eating diet.
Absolutely check out the ForksOver Knives documentary, which preceded the actual book. It’s in the same genre and style as Supersize Me – maybe not as funny, but definitely interesting and more inspiring. The basic premise of the movie is about the 500,000 heart bypass surgeries happening every year in the United States alone. At a cost of $150,000 per surgery, it costs the United States 75 billion dollars in one year, and it doesn’t even resolve the problem as patients return for more heart bypass surgeries that eventually end in the death. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. This means the United States is insane for relying on surgery, rather than promptly prescribing people to eat a plant-based diet.
I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to become healthier and never have to “diet” again, while at the same time promoting a safe environment. This book is so great that I have given out over 30 copies of this book and the DVD to friends, family members, and open-minded people. If you are tired of the failed diets, tired of all the medication you are taking, and tired of just being tired, READ THIS BOOK – your life depends on it!
Lovingly,
JP Richards
Founder and CEO of wwwdotMettaMealsdotcom
The Easiest & Healthiest Way to Adopt a Plant-Based Diet
27 out of 29 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 3, 2011
I purchased this for my Nook. A number of the recipes had a question mark in the place of the amounts for some items in the recipes..i.e.
? cup of peas instead of 1/3 cup of peas.
This makes the book unusable for some of the recipes. I contacted B&N and they refunded my money and I went and bought the paperback.
For this reason, I gave it three stars, but the paperback is great.
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Posted July 8, 2011
...why is the e-book $2 more than the paperback?
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Posted September 13, 2011
Whenever I try to open the book on the nook app or in iBooks the Forks Over Knives is unable to load. It says "error loading book" in the nook app then it closes. When i try opening in my ibook library it just crashes . When I try opening it through barnes and noble website under my library and it just does not open. I firsrt ordered the free sample and it opened no problem. Now I have to figure out how to get my money back. Would most likely be a great book if it opened.
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Posted July 31, 2012
This book definitely has steered my eating habits into a healthier me! Love the recipes & eye opening information. One of the best books I've purchased to date!
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Posted May 1, 2012
I like the book because it changed the way I now eat. Never thought about the abuse of animals before they all killed for food. God gave us dominion over the fish of the sea and the animals of the fields. Everyone should read this book before eating another piece of meat. Thanks to Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.
Thanks for the recipes!!!!! Fondly, Linda
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Posted May 1, 2012
I watched the DVD and have read the book. Simply put: Life-changing.
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Posted February 22, 2012
this book is extremely brief and i personally find the recipes poorly assembled whose ingredients are not readily accessible nor palatable realistically. there are hundreds of vegan or vegetarian books with better cooking instructions and ingredients on the market. i was greatly disappointed in the book's recipes which take up the majority of the book. i would not recommend it for a friend or an unhealthy person looking to modify his diet with ease and efficiency.
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Posted November 22, 2011
The information in this book will literally save your life.
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Posted October 17, 2011
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.If you're disenchanted with the Western way of eating; too much fast food with fat, salt and sugar this is a great book to begin a transition. This book should be accompanied by a viewing of the documentary. We've been conditioned to believe if we eat a low-fat diet we'll loose weight and the health issues of diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol etc will be corrected by taking a pill. Th evidence is overwhelming as we continue to eat meat, dairy and processed foods we will continue to be a nation of over-weight, cancer ridden and unmotivated people. The recipes look delicious and yes, you will need to become familiar with new ingredients. This should be required viewing for everyone including middle school children who will old enough to understand what they are watching. I'm beginning to transition to this eating program; think of it as a new way to live and not a diet.
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Posted September 29, 2011
I BOUGHT THIS BOOK AND IT WILL OPEN NOW
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Posted November 14, 2012
Good Job Dr. F
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Posted June 4, 2012
Ok....
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Posted May 28, 2012
I have found the book to be very helpful in making great meals.Easy to, make and they taste great!
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Posted March 26, 2012
Two thumbs up!!
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Posted March 25, 2012
This is a very good book 2people in my family did it and lost weigt. I only said 4 because i only had the sample.
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Overview
What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer?
For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers—and now, their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives. Their answer? Eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet—it could save your life.
It may overturn most of the diet advice you’ve heard—but the experts behind Forks Over Knives ...